Queen Margrethe heads royal business trip to China /  Norwegian Air faces strike action / Maersk no.2 on rich families list Queen in China: HM Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik, accompanied by four…

The opposition remains on course for a comfortable victory at the next election. A new Epinion poll for DR news gives the Liberals, Conservatives, Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Liberal Alliance 56.1% and…

Activists are determined to sabotage Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s traditional May 1st speech in Fælledparken, Copenhagen next week. A group calling itself ‘Drown Out Helle’ will hand out hundreds of whistles ahead of…

Foreign nationals convicted of criminality in this country should be deported to serve their sentence in their own country – that’s the view of a cross-party majority who believe the prospect of a…

Deporting foreign criminals isn’t always a deterrent. A young Romanian criminal, deported in 2013, returned to Denmark just three months later to embark on a wave of break-ins throughout the Copenhagen region. The…

The opposition has urged the government to listen to calls for a reduction in energy duties. Financial daily Børsen has talked to eight of the biggest and most influential labour and business organisations…

Health Minister Nick Hækkerup is considering whether to slap a ban on electronic cigarettes. Although Denmark has traditionally lagged behind all developed nations in anti-smoking legislation, the National Board of Health believes that…

Denmark has far too few entrepreneurs, putting future growth and job creation at risk. Although a new YouGov poll shows that 28% of the population would like to start their own business –…

A significant majority of voters believe that Denmark should fall in line with Germany, Sweden, and Norway where bestiality is illegal. Denmark is still one of the few countries in the world where…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) looks like emerging as the winner in the upcoming May 25th EU election. A new Gallup poll of voters who have already ‘definitely decided’ shows that 17% intend…